U.S. officials familiar with the planning said options for “reclaiming” the vital waterway include close cooperation with Panama’s military and, absent that, possible war.

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    6 hours ago

    “They have, in similar cases, acted as a transition between untenable authoritarianism”

    As someon who has lived in Latin America All their life: No. Quite often they also have had to be forcefully removed because they overstayed their welcome.

    And in the meantime they carried out horrible things. Concentration camps, forced sterilizations, represion of dissent, strict censorship…

    Your average american will not survive a military dictatorship